Security was tight this morning at the Westin Hotel in Costa Mesa that is the Crimson Tide’s headquarters during their stay in southern California. A motorcycle squadron of California Highway Patrol officers was escorting the ‘Bama team up the San Diego Freeway — locally known as “the 405” — on their way to the Rose Bowl. . . .

Read the whole thing, including the trash-talk comments from Texas fans. Now filing from the media center at the Marriott here. It’s 3:10 p.m. PT, less than six hours until deadline for the Spectator, and I will have photos and videos, so be sure to check back soon.

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